Unfortunately, performance dropped with
the new 128 SSD -- read speeds are down to 100MB/sec while write
speeds hover at 70MB/sec.

“Our SSD can be used by the widest
range of corporate notebooks, particularly where additional storage
is needed beyond what is typical in most business applications,”
said Jim Elliott, director of flash memory marketing for Samsung
Semiconductor.

Samsung's new 128GB SSD pales in
comparison to BiTMICRO's
massive 832GB SSD which was recently announced. Samsung, however,
has the advantage when it comes to availability and pricing.
Samsung's 128GB SSD will be available in the first half of 2008 with
pricing of at least a couple thousand dollars.

BiTMICRO's 832GB SSD, on the other
hand, won't be mass produced until the latter half of 2008 and will
likes cost tens of thousands of dollars.

"If you can find a PS3 anywhere in North America that's been on shelves for more than five minutes, I'll give you 1,200 bucks for it." -- SCEA President Jack Tretton